Green Germany: Volkswagen Loses Half Their Profit, to Cut 50,000 Jobs Over Next Four Years

[DonGlock26]

"Volkswagen Loses Half Their Profit, Now Plan to Cut 50,000 Jobs Over Next Four Years​

March 10, 2026 | Sundance | 59 Comments
The origin of this issue goes back to 2021 and the relaunch of the Build Back Better European green energy program to fight the non-existent climate change problem. We have been highlighting the consequences within the EU auto sector.



We noted in October of last year, the EU’s mandated fines against auto manufacturers who do not hit their production goals for electric vehicle sales began in 2025. EU automakers unable to meet the regulatory compliance goal began purchasing carbon credits to avoid stiff EU fines. Many of those carbon credits were purchased from Chinese EV automakers, who then turned around and started using the extra EU revenue to discount Chinese cars sold in Europe.

At the same time as Chinese autos hit record highs in Europe, EU car sales are flat or declining. Now, Volkswagen is announcing they lost half their profits in one year and will be cutting 50,000 jobs in the next four years.

(MSM – Europe) – Volkswagen just revealed its operating profit sank like a stone last year, dropping by more than half as tariffs, Chinese competition, and shifting strategies took a serious bite out of the bottom line. And that performance now has the VW Group’s execs reaching for the cost-cutting scissors, including plans to shed 50,000 jobs by the end of the decade.

The German automaker reported an operating profit of €8.9 billion ($10.3 bn at current rates) for 2025. That’s down a hefty 53 percent from the year before and well below what analysts were expecting. Revenue, meanwhile, barely moved, slipping only slightly to around €322 billion ($374 bn). (read more)"


Progressives destroy everything they touch. Germany is being flooded with cheap Chinese EV cars.
The "Own Goal" of the century.

 

[EdwinAMartin]

Always liked thar company. Sad that it has had a run of bad management. Hope it doesn't fail.

Choking off their own industries in favor of importing Chinese slave made products is just bad economics.

 

[DonGlock26]

Always liked thar company. Sad that it has had a run of bad management. Hope it doesn't fail.

Choking off their own industries in favor of importing Chinese slave made products is just bad economics.

It is madness driven by green communist ideology.

 

[BothWings]

"Volkswagen Loses Half Their Profit, Now Plan to Cut 50,000 Jobs Over Next Four Years​

March 10, 2026 | Sundance | 59 Comments
The origin of this issue goes back to 2021 and the relaunch of the Build Back Better European green energy program to fight the non-existent climate change problem. We have been highlighting the consequences within the EU auto sector.



We noted in October of last year, the EU’s mandated fines against auto manufacturers who do not hit their production goals for electric vehicle sales began in 2025. EU automakers unable to meet the regulatory compliance goal began purchasing carbon credits to avoid stiff EU fines. Many of those carbon credits were purchased from Chinese EV automakers, who then turned around and started using the extra EU revenue to discount Chinese cars sold in Europe.

At the same time as Chinese autos hit record highs in Europe, EU car sales are flat or declining. Now, Volkswagen is announcing they lost half their profits in one year and will be cutting 50,000 jobs in the next four years.

(MSM – Europe) – Volkswagen just revealed its operating profit sank like a stone last year, dropping by more than half as tariffs, Chinese competition, and shifting strategies took a serious bite out of the bottom line. And that performance now has the VW Group’s execs reaching for the cost-cutting scissors, including plans to shed 50,000 jobs by the end of the decade.

The German automaker reported an operating profit of €8.9 billion ($10.3 bn at current rates) for 2025. That’s down a hefty 53 percent from the year before and well below what analysts were expecting. Revenue, meanwhile, barely moved, slipping only slightly to around €322 billion ($374 bn). (read more)"


Progressives destroy everything they touch. Germany is being flooded with cheap Chinese EV cars.
The "Own Goal" of the century.

I used to think I'd really like to visit Europe.

 

[1srelluc]

Meh, no Thing, no care.

 

[EdwinAMartin]

I used to think I'd really like to visit Europe.

It' still worth a visit. Southern France is pretty cool. The 'Christmas villages' in Germany are great, especially the Black Forest region along the river. Many places worth visiting. The cities all suck, which is true everywhere.

 

[BothWings]

It' still worth a visit. Southern France is pretty cool. The 'Christmas villages' in Germany are great, especially the Black Forest region along the river. Many places worth visiting. The cities all suck, which is true everywhere.

Actually, I do agree that the south of France is in fact one of the most physically attractive places in Europe. Most specifically, L'anguedoc-Rousillon. Generally the collective uber-liberal culture of modern Europe does not attract me at all. I'm a bit more tolerant of Poland and Sweden. I also always had a thing for the area that was Czechaslovakia, too.

 

[Litwin]

Chinese slave made products is just bad economics.

+1. why BLM, WOKE dont care about the hans´ slaves (Tibetans, Uyghurs, etc.) ?

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[Litwin]

It is madness driven by green communist ideology.


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I used to think I'd really like to visit Europe.

Meh, no Thing, no care.

10 out of 10 :

 

[BothWings]

It' still worth a visit. Southern France is pretty cool. The 'Christmas villages' in Germany are great, especially the Black Forest region along the river. Many places worth visiting. The cities all suck, which is true everywhere.

Actually, my father was German and came to the U.S. in 1960. He was from a small town between Nuernberg and the Fichtelgebirge near the Czech border, and grew up on a farm. I'm only a first generation American myself. I heard all about life in Germany from my dad. He was a self-described "gypsy", loner and free spirit who felt he didn't really fit in with German culture so much. He did regularly go back to visit relatives and tour his old haunts, though. I guess you can take the boy out of Bayern but you can't take Bayern out of the boy. He explored all over Europe, often with a backpack by himself. On his last trips before he passed he visited Stockholm, Prague and Istanbul. I've heard a lot about Europe through my father, and I don't blame him for wanting to visit "home" once in awhile. There was plenty he was not crazy about, however, and based on what I heard I feel the same way. And not just from him. I've also been in touch with a few other German relatives, so Ive heard diverse accounts of life over there. Being able to read German newspapers (sort of) has also helped me see a little deeper into the life. Europe seemed much more attractive when I was younger. Now I could take it or leave it. There's plenty here in the U.S. I haven't seen and would like to see with whatever time I have left. Europe is not my priority.

 

[shockedcanadian]

"Volkswagen Loses Half Their Profit, Now Plan to Cut 50,000 Jobs Over Next Four Years​

March 10, 2026 | Sundance | 59 Comments
The origin of this issue goes back to 2021 and the relaunch of the Build Back Better European green energy program to fight the non-existent climate change problem. We have been highlighting the consequences within the EU auto sector.



We noted in October of last year, the EU’s mandated fines against auto manufacturers who do not hit their production goals for electric vehicle sales began in 2025. EU automakers unable to meet the regulatory compliance goal began purchasing carbon credits to avoid stiff EU fines. Many of those carbon credits were purchased from Chinese EV automakers, who then turned around and started using the extra EU revenue to discount Chinese cars sold in Europe.

At the same time as Chinese autos hit record highs in Europe, EU car sales are flat or declining. Now, Volkswagen is announcing they lost half their profits in one year and will be cutting 50,000 jobs in the next four years.

(MSM – Europe) – Volkswagen just revealed its operating profit sank like a stone last year, dropping by more than half as tariffs, Chinese competition, and shifting strategies took a serious bite out of the bottom line. And that performance now has the VW Group’s execs reaching for the cost-cutting scissors, including plans to shed 50,000 jobs by the end of the decade.

The German automaker reported an operating profit of €8.9 billion ($10.3 bn at current rates) for 2025. That’s down a hefty 53 percent from the year before and well below what analysts were expecting. Revenue, meanwhile, barely moved, slipping only slightly to around €322 billion ($374 bn). (read more)"


Progressives destroy everything they touch. Germany is being flooded with cheap Chinese EV cars.
The "Own Goal" of the century.

China fooled the West and will now crush our companies. It reminds me of a tech company creating an RFP for the purchasing business and they write it so that only that particulae tech company or product can meet their specific requirements. China did the to the world by pushing green solutuons, knowing they were the only ones who could operate with such low wages until they replace and control a monopoly. They convinced Canada which is almost certainly going to force heavy auto tariffs against us now.

 

[BothWings]

China fooled the West and will now crush our companies. It reminds me of a tech company creating an RFP for the purchasing business and they write it so that only that particulae tech company ormproducr can meet their specific requirements. China did the to the world by pushing green solutuons, knowing they were the only ones who could operate with such low wages until they replace and control a monopoly. They convinced Canada which is almost certainly going to force heavy auto tariffs against us now.

China didn't just simply fool us. Our business and political leaders gave our economy away to them. China was like, "uhhh...SURE! Thanks!" The business and political leaders benefitted from the deal at the expense of the American people. It's true we got a lot of cheap stuff from China over the years, but in other ways it has cost us dearly. I like to call it "the high price of getting cheap stuff".

 

[EdwinAMartin]

"the high price of getting cheap stuff".

Yep. And they will use the wealth and tech they stole to enslave and kill us.

 

[GLASNOST]

Green Germany: Volkswagen Loses Half Their Profit, to Cut 50,000 Jobs Over Next Four Years. ​

And to think that if they hadn’t severed their reasonably-priced energy source from the East, they still be smiling.

 

[Deadstick]

And to think that if they hadn’t severed their reasonably-priced energy source from the East, they still be smiling.

Didn't VW close their Dresden factory months ago? i know the largest producer of Condoms in Germany went bankrupt because Russia was their main customer they deserve everything they are getting.

 

[Captain Caveman]

"Volkswagen Loses Half Their Profit, Now Plan to Cut 50,000 Jobs Over Next Four Years​

March 10, 2026 | Sundance | 59 Comments
The origin of this issue goes back to 2021 and the relaunch of the Build Back Better European green energy program to fight the non-existent climate change problem. We have been highlighting the consequences within the EU auto sector.



We noted in October of last year, the EU’s mandated fines against auto manufacturers who do not hit their production goals for electric vehicle sales began in 2025. EU automakers unable to meet the regulatory compliance goal began purchasing carbon credits to avoid stiff EU fines. Many of those carbon credits were purchased from Chinese EV automakers, who then turned around and started using the extra EU revenue to discount Chinese cars sold in Europe.

At the same time as Chinese autos hit record highs in Europe, EU car sales are flat or declining. Now, Volkswagen is announcing they lost half their profits in one year and will be cutting 50,000 jobs in the next four years.

(MSM – Europe) – Volkswagen just revealed its operating profit sank like a stone last year, dropping by more than half as tariffs, Chinese competition, and shifting strategies took a serious bite out of the bottom line. And that performance now has the VW Group’s execs reaching for the cost-cutting scissors, including plans to shed 50,000 jobs by the end of the decade.

The German automaker reported an operating profit of €8.9 billion ($10.3 bn at current rates) for 2025. That’s down a hefty 53 percent from the year before and well below what analysts were expecting. Revenue, meanwhile, barely moved, slipping only slightly to around €322 billion ($374 bn). (read more)"


Progressives destroy everything they touch. Germany is being flooded with cheap Chinese EV cars.
The "Own Goal" of the century.

Yup, the ridiculous EV idea has wrecked VW and pretty much all car manufacturers, plus all the suppliers in the supply chain.

 

[Augustine_]

"Volkswagen Loses Half Their Profit, Now Plan to Cut 50,000 Jobs Over Next Four Years​

March 10, 2026 | Sundance | 59 Comments
The origin of this issue goes back to 2021 and the relaunch of the Build Back Better European green energy program to fight the non-existent climate change problem. We have been highlighting the consequences within the EU auto sector.



We noted in October of last year, the EU’s mandated fines against auto manufacturers who do not hit their production goals for electric vehicle sales began in 2025. EU automakers unable to meet the regulatory compliance goal began purchasing carbon credits to avoid stiff EU fines. Many of those carbon credits were purchased from Chinese EV automakers, who then turned around and started using the extra EU revenue to discount Chinese cars sold in Europe.

At the same time as Chinese autos hit record highs in Europe, EU car sales are flat or declining. Now, Volkswagen is announcing they lost half their profits in one year and will be cutting 50,000 jobs in the next four years.

(MSM – Europe) – Volkswagen just revealed its operating profit sank like a stone last year, dropping by more than half as tariffs, Chinese competition, and shifting strategies took a serious bite out of the bottom line. And that performance now has the VW Group’s execs reaching for the cost-cutting scissors, including plans to shed 50,000 jobs by the end of the decade.

The German automaker reported an operating profit of €8.9 billion ($10.3 bn at current rates) for 2025. That’s down a hefty 53 percent from the year before and well below what analysts were expecting. Revenue, meanwhile, barely moved, slipping only slightly to around €322 billion ($374 bn). (read more)"


Progressives destroy everything they touch. Germany is being flooded with cheap Chinese EV cars.
The "Own Goal" of the century.

Every car manufacturer's profits were significantly down in 2025 since the world's been circling down the toilet since that January